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  1. Health & Medicine

    Proteins may warn of diabetic kidney disease risk

    Patients who have high levels of compounds called TNF receptors in their blood have a heightened risk of developing renal failure, two studies suggest.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Humans

    Seaweed study fuels bioenergy enthusiasm

    Munched by a manipulated microbe, ocean algae readily yield ethanol.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  3. Health & Medicine

    Sleep solidifies bad feelings

    A night of slumber reinforces not just traumatic memories but the negative emotions that go with them, one study finds.

    By Laura Sanders
  4. Earth

    Carbonation brings diamonds to surface

    Chemical reactions deep inside the Earth fuel magma’s gem-laden upward journey.

    By Alexandra Witze
  5. Life

    Boas take pulse as they snuff it out

    Snakes use the waning throb in their prey as a signal to stop squeezing.

    By Devin Powell
  6. Psychology

    Babies lip-read before talking

    Tots acquire the gift of gab by matching adults’ mouth movements to spoken words.

    By Bruce Bower
  7. Genetics

    Today’s information revolution illuminates diseases spread in the age of discovery

    By Matt Crenson
  8. Life

    Rising carbon dioxide confuses brain signaling in fish

    Nerve cells respond to acidifying waters.

    By Janet Raloff
  9. Physics

    String theorists squeeze nine dimensions into three

    A supercomputer simulation of the Big Bang’s immediate aftermath may explain why space has three directions.

    By Devin Powell

  10. Pharmacologist drinks heavy water in experiment

    Self-experimenter drank heavy water, then lived a long life.

    By Science News

  11. Science Past for January 27, 1962

    “SPACE WHISKERS” GROWN FOR NEW SPACE MATERIALS — Microscopically small “space whiskers” are being grown by scientists at Rocketdyne, a division of North American Aviation, Inc., Canoga Park, Calif., in search of methods of producing extremely strong new space materials. The fine filament-like crystals are being grown from many materials — lead, tin, copper, graphite, […]

    By Science News

  12. Science Future for January 28, 2012

    February 9 Learn about the science of wine and even stomp some grapes with your bare feet at the Durham, N.C., Museum of Life + Science. See bit.ly/syIeOC February 13 Enjoy an after-hours tour highlighting displays of love in exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Learn more at bit.ly/zRko4O

    By Science News